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Winterfest 2013
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DECEMBER 2013

17: Community Meeting
19: Minimum Day
20-31: Holiday Break


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Dear GAIS Community,

What a wonderful week for GAIS! We had a very successful Online Auction and a fantastic Winterfest 2013. Now we are heading towards the finish line of 2013... In this week's NTM please find important information about:  
  • Community meeting - December 17, 2013 @ 7:30pm
  • GAIS Online Auction and Raffle 2013 - THANK YOU!
  • Winterfest 2013 - THANK YOU!
  • Donation from Cafe Zo� - THANK YOU!
  • IMS Winter Concert - Join us!
  • German Book Fair - Pick up your book(s)!
  • Students leaving early for Holiday Break - important forms!
  • Small Fry Dance Club - free tickets to their Winter Musical Performance
  • Lice - again reported cases, please check your children!
  • Emergency Notification System - please opt in!
  • Buy your Christmas Tree and support GAIS
  • Berlin & Beyond Festival 2014 - GAIS is Educational Sponsor
  • Girl's Leadership Institute - workshops at GAIS
  • Community Meeting: December 17, 2013
  • IMS Concert: December 18, 2013
  • Minimum Day: December 19, 2013
  • Holiday Break: December 20, 2013 - January 5, 2014
  • Parenting Worskhop - Can you parent without fear? - January 8, 2014

  

GENERAL

 
1. Community Meeting - December 17, 2013 @ 7:30pm
Community Meeting  
This is a friendly reminder that the GAIS Community Meeting will take place in the gym on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 7:30 PM. We will discuss the campus situation during this meeting. The Board Meeting on Friday, December 132013 has been cancelled. The Board will conduct a closed session only on Saturday, December 14, 2013.
 
 
2. GAIS Online Auction and Raffle 2013 - THANK YOU!
 

Online Auction Banner 2013

The GAIS Online Auction ended on Monday evening with passionate bidding until the last minute. Because of your generosity the school has been able to raise over $50,000! The funds from the auction and raffle will support all students at GAIS this school year. We would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to Claudia Weber and her team for the great organization and realization of this years Online Auction! Thank you also to everyone who contributed to the auction - we could not have done this without you!

  

   

3. Winterfest 2013 - THANK YOU!


Winterfest
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... Our Winterfest 2013 was a great success! Despite the chilly and cold weather, lots of visitors took the opportunity to enjoy our Holiday Bazaar, the wonderful music performances, the many market stands offering delicious food, drinks and crafted arts, trying out their luck at the raffle, visiting Santa, seeing and meeting GAIS teachers, staff and parents all alike... 
 
A BIG THANK YOU from our part goes to Melanie Schallehn and Lisa Baust, Lydia Kirchhofer, Janet Roitsch and all the many many helpers & volunteers who supported us - without all of you the Winterfest 2013 would not have been such a wonderful event!

 

 

Last but not least, there are still some treats waiting for some raffle winners! Please check out below, if you are among those lucky ones. The prizes can be picked up at the office:

  

Kristen Hughes (2 prizes), Bernd Jandeleit (2 prizes) Susanne Rehner, Jasmin Limbrey, Katrin Ashear, Meike Petry, Morgan Cassidy, Daniel Zimmermann. We also have some lucky numbers: 903098, 903296, 993365, 993380, 903374, 903086, 903113. Congratulations!

  

  

4. Donation from Cafe Zo� - THANK YOU!

  

Cafe Zoe donation

Kathleen Delay (owner) and her team at Cafe Zo�, Menlo Park, have donated over $100 to GAIS which they collected during our Parent Conference Days in November. We would like to thank Kathleen and her team for this donation and their continuous support of our school! It's great to have such wonderful and caring neighbors! Many thanks! 

  

  

  

  

5. IMS Winter Concert - Join us!

  

Drums  

Come one come all to the IMS Winter concert! Enjoy listening to the three GAIS middle school bands as they perform on December 18, 2013, at 2:00pm in the gym!

  

 

6. German Book Fair - Pick up your book(s)!  

  

Books  

The books ordered at the German Book Fair 2013 have arrived! Please pick up your orders in the library (during normal opening hours).

  

  

7. Students leaving early for Holiday Break - forms!

 

Travel

Please make sure to hand in a Special Leave Request for your student (Elementary and Middle School) if you are leaving early for the Holiday Break. An email is only sufficient to inform Preschool teachers. Special Leave Request forms are available in the office and need a signature by the teacher/homeroom teacher and principal. 

 

 

8. Small Fry Dance Club - Winter Musical Theater   

Small Fry Dance Club  

Small Fry Dance Club, one of our EC program providers, is presenting "Supercalifragilistic", their Winter Musical Theater Performance on Saturday December 14, 2013 at the Cubberley Community Theater, Palo Alto. The performance starts at 6:15 pm and we have complimentary tickets to give away. If you are interested, please contact Uschi Waite at [email protected].

 

  

9. Lice - please check your children

louse  

Unfortunately, we had again some reported cases of lice this week. Please refer to our special communication about Head Lice. We kindly ask you to check all of your children and notify us immediately, if any lice or nits have been found. Thank you. 

  

 

10. Emergency Notification System - please opt-in!

OnceCallNow

 

There are still some of you who have not opted in their mobile number to our new Emergency Notification System. Please note that you will not receive any Text Alerts in case of an emergency if your mobile phone is not opted-in/connected. Please refer to the email you have received from OneCallNow for detailed information and instructions.

  

  

11. Buy your Christmas Tree and support GAIS!

  

HoneyBeatTrees

Reminder: Buy your Christmas Tree at Honey Bear Trees and GAIS will get 15% of the proceeds. It's very easy: Print and fill out the flyer, go to one of the two locations in Redwood City/San Carlos, buy your desired christmas tree and get a free glass of honey on top of it! That's it - that's all! 

  

  

  

12. Berlin & Beyond Film Festival 2014

 

    

  

18th Annual Berlin & Beyond Film Festival

January 15 - 21, 2014

The Castro Theatre, San Francisco

www.berlinbeyond.com

 

We are proud to be once more the educational sponsor of the 18th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival 2014 in San Francisco. Mark your calendars and join the wonderful Film Festival at the famous Castro Theatre - more info will follow!

 

  

  

13. Girl's Leadership Institute - workshops at GAIS

  

Girls Leadership

The Girl's Leadership Institute is holding a series of parent-daughter workshops at GAIS for Kindergarten/Vorschule - Grade 3 classes starting in February 2014.  This is an excellent program that has received very positive feedback from those that participated last year at GAIS.

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

 

 

14. Community Meeting: December 17, 2013 

 

   

The Community Meeting will take place in the Gymnasium on December 17, 2013 at 7:30 pm (instead of December 12).

 

 

 

 

15. IMS Winter Concert: December 18, 2013

 

  Drums  

Join us and listen to the three GAIS middle school bands as they perform on December 18, 2013, at 2:00pm in the gym!

 

  

 

 

 

16. Minimum Day: December 19, 2013

 

Early Release Day

This is a friendly reminder that Thursday, December 19, 2013 will be a 'Minimum Day' and therefore the school closes at 12:00pm. Hort will still be available in the afternoon - please send an email to Uschi Waite at [email protected] if your child needs Hort.


Please be also informed that there will be NO classes and NO Hort being offered on Friday, December 20, 2013

 

 

17. Holiday Break: December 20, 2013 - January 5, 2014

 

Happy Holidays 2  

We wish you a wonderful and relaxing Holiday Break 2013! See you in 2014! 

 

 

 

 

18. Can you parent without fear? - January 8, 2014

Parent Talk '21st Century Learner'  

Join us and bring your friends to our interactive workshop 'Can you parent without fear?'. Dr. Susan Charles will conduct an enlightening session about important attitudes, skills and dispositions related to parenting without fear. Click here!

Yours sincerely,

 
Roman Bruegger
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Roman Bruegger
Communications Specialist
 
German American International School 
275 Elliott Drive 
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Phone: +1 650 324 8617